HackingHealthcareHealthcareCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Financial accountHighActive

Superior Dental Care Alliance, Inc.

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Severity

High

Discovered

Oct 11, 2020

Filed

Dec 7, 2020

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

6,622state residents only

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Superior Dental Care Alliance, Inc. →3 incidents on file

Dental Care Alliance, LLC disclosed a data event in Delaware affecting 6,622 residents. Unauthorized access occurred between September 18 and October 13, 2020, discovered on October 11, 2020. Affected data included names, addresses, dental diagnoses, bank account numbers, and health insurance info. DCA engaged forensic specialists, implemented security upgrades, and notified HHS and state regulators.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 23 days

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 57 days

Sep 18, 2020

Begins

Oct 11, 2020

Discovered

Dec 7, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

This filing is one of 7 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_087ca9f98f0761fd2020-12-07Verified
Montana State AGbd_61440b0ca3e974642020-12-07Verified
HHS OCRbd_68969e341fa161192020-12-08 · +1dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_7c3d97cdde7e1ce12020-12-14 · +7dVerified

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Massachusetts State AGbd_ab0b178b0b2d36c02020-10-29 · +39dCandidate
Indiana State AGbd_5762d62d0cd7aad62020-10-28 · +40dVerified

Name: Superior Dental Care Alliance, Inc.
norm: superior dental care alliance

Name: Superior Dental Care Alliance, Inc.
norm: superior dental care alliance
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Oct 11, 2020
Breach occurred: Sep 18, 2020 – Oct 13, 2020
Undetected for: 23 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 7, 2020
Affected individuals: 6,622state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: notified the United States Department of Health and Human Servicesnotified state regulators
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Initiated an investigation into the incident
Conducted with the assistance of third-party forensic specialists
Conducted a review of the files at risk
Implemented additional safeguards and training for its employees
Provided impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Notifying regulators as required
Changes made: Worked with third-party specialists to reaffirm the security of our systems
Enhance the existing measures we have in place
Enhanced employee training
Mandatory password changes
Systems upgrades
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(57 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 7 states

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Indiana State AGOct 28 · first

Massachusetts State AG+1d

Maine State AG+40d

Montana State AG+40d

Delaware State AG+40d · this page

HHS OCR+41d

New Hampshire State AG+47d

Pattern: first filing Oct 28 (IN), last Dec 14 (NH) — a 47-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://attorneygeneral.delaware.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2020/12/DCA-Notice-of-Data-Event-DE-Exhibit-1.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 7, 2020
Raw hash: 7cd447c7835f8f8ffae1b951d69bff9b87da1df83a3821d12f393c715fce1c91

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySuperior Dental Care Alliance, Inc.

Victim entitySuperior Dental Care Alliance, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Oct 11, 2020

Stated responseInitiated an investigation into the incident

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceattorneygeneral.delaware.gov